Rayzha Alimjan wins the 33rd Flying Apsaras' Outstanding Actress Award for her TV series
Minning Town. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Flying Apsaras Award, China's top honor for domestic television workers, announced the winners in Beijing's Shougang Park on Tuesday night.
Two of the most high-profile awards, the Outstanding Actress and Outstanding Actor awards were respectively awarded to ethnic Kazak Rayzha Alimjan, for her vivid acting of a brave and strong rural woman in Minning Town, and Wang Lei, for his portrayal of a war hero in the anthology TV series Medal of the Republic.
Wang Lei wins the 33rd Flying Apsaras' Outstanding Actor Award for the anthology TV series
Medal of the Republic. [Photo provided to China Daily]
A total of 16 TV series were awarded at the Outstanding TV Drama awards, with most of series' being based on real-life stories.
Director Zhang Yongxin took home the Outstanding Director Award for his revolutionary drama The Age of Awakening, a smash hit which has earned 9.3 points out of 10 on the popular review aggregator Douban.
Minning Town, a popular TV series that retells China's poverty alleviation effort in Ningxia Hui autonomous region, earned its six scriptwriters the Outstanding Screenplay Award.
The award ceremony held in Beijing's Shougang Park gathers a lot of stars. [Photo provided to China Daily]
